Comments on: Thursday, March 1, 1951: She wants to be a sports reporter http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/58 Minnesota history at your fingertips Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ben Welter http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/58#comment-200 Ben Welter Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:45:25 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/58#comment-200 Hi, Andrea. Thanks for your post. You might also enjoy this 1897 Tribune story about Helga Estby and her daughter Clara, who crossed the United States on foot in an attempt to save their family farm: <a href="http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/49" rel="nofollow">WOMEN WALKERS</a> Hi, Andrea. Thanks for your post. You might also enjoy this 1897 Tribune story about Helga Estby and her daughter Clara, who crossed the United States on foot in an attempt to save their family farm:

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]]> By: Andrea http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/58#comment-199 Andrea Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:27:55 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/58#comment-199 As a female sports writer and associate editor of my student newspaper, I especially enjoyed this story. As an employee of the Star Tribune, it makes me smile. Jo's plight makes me realize, all over again, how much women have endured and overcome in terms of societal discrimination. The generations of women in my family each have their own story, and someday I hope to have my own. As a female sports writer and associate editor of my student newspaper, I especially enjoyed this story. As an employee of the Star Tribune, it makes me smile. Jo’s plight makes me realize, all over again, how much women have endured and overcome in terms of societal discrimination. The generations of women in my family each have their own story, and someday I hope to have my own.

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